POLICE SAY IT WAS A SERIES OF CRIMES- DRIVEN BY DESPERATION. A MAN TARGETED AREA PHARMACIES TO FUEL HIS OWN ADDICTION. THAT MAN HAS BEEN TIED TO 7 PHARMACY ROBBERIES AND TONIGHT, HE'S FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO AN EIGHTH. WLKY'S LAUREN ADAMS REPORTS. 6918 DL: 18:27:48 IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A CAR WRECK AND YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA DIE LA: TERROR- THAT'S WHAT DANIEL LYNN FELT. IT WAS DECEMBER 12TH AND THE PHARMACIST WAS WORKING 3RD SHIFT AT THIS JEFFERSONVILLE WALGREENS. 6918 DL: 18:26:06 HE JUST HANDED ME A NOTE, SAID HE HAD A GUN, NEEDED 2 BOXES NOW... LA: LYNN HANDED OVER 2 BOXES OF SUBOXONE....THINKING ABOUT HIS KIDS....AND HIS CUSTOMERS: 6918 DL: 18:24:53 AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS A LADY WITH HER 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GETTING READY TO GET SOME PRESCRIPTIONS TOO. LA: POLICE SAY THE ROBBER WAS 23 YEAR OLD MATTHEW WILLIAMS- ALSO LINKED TO 7 PHARMACY ROBBERIES IN LOUISVILLE. POLICE THERE SAY HE ROBBED THIS MIDDLETOWN WALGREENS 4 TIMES...BUT HIS LUCK RAN OUT LAST WEEK, LEADING OFFICERS ON A CHASE BEFORE CRASHING HIS CAR. NOW, HE'S BEEN INDICTED FOR ROBBING THE JEFFERSONVILLE WALGREENS. 6891 JM: 17:21:37 I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE PHARMACY ROBBIES OVER THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS. LA: BUT IN RECENT MEMORY, CLARK COUNTY PROSECUTOR JEREMY MULL DOESN'T REMEMBER A SUSPECT BEING LINKED TO 8 ROBBERIES. MATTHEW WILLIAMS IS ALREADY FACING 7 OTHER ROBBERY CHARGES AND WILL LIKELY RECEIVE A LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE BUT MULL SAID WHEN PREPARING THIS INDICTEMENT- IT DIDN'T MATTER: 6891 JM 17:20:54 PEOPLE SHOULDN'T GET FREEBIES WHEN IT COMES TO COMMITTING CRIMES LA: AND THAT'S AN ATTITUDE DANIEL LYNN SAYS HE'S GRATEFUL FOR: 6918 DL: 18:27:27 I'M RELIEVED, HE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS POLICE SAY THE MOTIVE BEHIND THESE ROBBERIES SEEMED TO BE MATTHEW WILLIAMS' STRUGGLE WITH DRUG ADDICTION. THEY SAY IN EVERY SINGLE ROBBERY- WILLIAMS DEMANDED SUBOXONE- THAT'S A PRESCRIPTION USED TO TREAT HEROIN ADDICTION. IN ALL EIGHT ROBBERIES, POLICE SAY WILLIAMS HANDED OVER NOTES SAYING HE HAD A GUN. WHILE NO GUN WAS EVER SHOWN, L-M-P-D OFFICERS SAY WHEN WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED THEY FOUND A